Bug#684395: newer upstream releases

2012-09-08 Thread Vincent W. Chen
On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 1:51 AM, Nicolas Couchoud nicolas.couch...@normalesup.org wrote: Vincent Chen a écrit : I realize Debian is under freeze right now, so this might be an awkward time for new packages. Clause 5.(a) of http://release.debian.org/wheezy/rc_policy.txt states that packages

Bug#684395: newer upstream releases

2012-08-24 Thread Nicolas Couchoud
Vincent Chen a écrit : I realize Debian is under freeze right now, so this might be an awkward time for new packages. Clause 5.(a) of http://release.debian.org/wheezy/rc_policy.txt states that packages should not be too much out of date. So, in my opinion, since the version of fvwm currently

Bug#684395: newer upstream releases

2012-08-21 Thread Vincent Chen
Thanks for your fast reply, Manoj. Wasn't sure if or when you'll reply to my mail, so I didn't put much detail into my previous message. Whether we do this together or not is up to you, as I do not have commit access, so I would have to find a mentor for my package anyway. I realize Debian is

Bug#684395: newer upstream releases

2012-08-19 Thread Vincent Chen
As this is the most recent bug report I'll post my thoughts here. I'm willing to help with (or perhaps take over) the maintaining of the fvwm package. Of course, I don't want to nor am I trying to hijack Manoj's work. I have contacted the current maintainer (Manoj Srivastava) and see if we can

Bug#684395: newer upstream releases

2012-08-19 Thread Manoj Srivastava
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Hi, I would love to have a co-maintainer. I would even give up maintainership, if you prefer that. I have been away so long that even though I leep thinking that next month I will be able to spare time, realistically speaking, that should

Bug#684395: newer upstream releases

2012-08-09 Thread Martin Wuertele
Package: fvwm Version: 1:2.5.30.ds-1.1 Severity: wishlist Hi, the latest debian package in sid is 2.5.30 while upstream relased 2.5.31 on 9.8.2010 2.6.0 on 15.4.2011 2.6.1 on 16.4.2011 2.6.2 on 6.8.2011 2.6.3 on 30.9.2011 2.6.4 on 1.2.2012 2.6.5 on 20.4.2012 and ceased support for any releases